Month: August 2014

Bob Haller 17th in Edmonton/Canada

At the triathlon World Championships in Edmonton/Canada, Bob Haller reached a very impressive 17th place in U23, only 2 minutes and 27 seconds back from french athlete Dorian Coninx. After the 1.5km swim in 18:01, he was only 24 seconds behind the first group. Once on the bike, he closed the gap to even lead […]

DNF at Ironman Copenhagen

Despite having not trained much for this event, Pascal Duhautpas aligned at the KMD Ironman Copenhagen on this chilly and windy sunday morning. After a decent 3.8km swim at the ‘Amager Strand’ in 1h06:24, Pascal tried to finish the 180km with a steady and controlled pace. In face of an energy drop between km120-140, he […]

David Claerebout 29th at Allgäu Triathlon

Once again good performance by David Claerebout this weekend. He aligned at the Allgäu Triathlon Immenstadt [GER] for his last preparation race before the 70.3 world championships in September. On this difficult course with a hilly bike track, David managed to show a good result by finishing 29th overall out of more than 300 participants. […]

Triathlon Weiswampach weekend

Carlo Feltes raced the 10km on sunday morning in 42:39 and placed himself onto 23th rank. Only half an hour later, he raced the sprint triathlon finishing on a decent 39th place. Susan Roch finished on 78th overall and 11th woman at the sprint triathlon in 1:32:19 RESULTS – Weiswampach 10km RESULTS – Weiswampach Promo […]

ETU Triathlon Cup Karlovy Vary [CZE]

Bob Haller raced the olympic distance After a tough swim in 18:05min and a hard bike part, Bob left T2 in 13th position. He managed to run one of his fastest 10km ever in 31:44min reaching a TOP10 ranking in this high level field. The race was won by A. Bryukhankov [RUS] leading Bob Haller […]

J.C. Schmitz = Weilburgman

Jean-Claude Schmitz has chosen the middle distance triathlon in Weilburg (north of Frankfurt/Main) as a test prior to his Ironman start in a couple of weeks. After a good 1.9km-swim in 23:13min in the ‘Lahn’ river, Jean-Claude left T1 on 58th position overall. Once on the bike, he pushed a little too hard blowing up […]

Results of the Äischdall-Trail

Several of our athletes raced the trail run in Äischdall covering 2 different distances. On the short 10km trail, Christopher Bernard showed the fastest club performance by finishing the race on 8th overall position (171 finishers) in about 42:01min. Nathalie Bart ran the half-marathon distance trail in 1:43:56 and finished 4th woman overall!!! Congratulations from […]

Victory at Triathlon La Gileppe

Great performance by Annette Jaffke at the olympic distance triathlon in La Gileppe [BEL]. Annette covered the 1.5km swim in the clear lake of La Gileppe in 22:57 – just about 30 seconds behind belgian Annabelle Pirotte, she started the 47km on the hilly bike course. In 1:34:36 for these 47km, Annette managed to keep […]

2014 Tiszaujvaros ITU Triathlon World Cup

Bob Haller finished on 30th rank in the final race of Tiszaujvaros ITU Triathlon World Cup in Hungary. In his first participation in a triathlon World Cup race ever, he managed to stay in the main pack exiting T2 but on the final 5km, he lost ground. On saturday, Bob qualified for this final race […]

IM70.3 Wiesbaden

The Sparkassen Finanzgruppe IRONMAN 70.3 European Championship has become legendary for its tough course and competitive field. Athletes start their day with a 1.9km swim in Lake Raunheimer Waldsee before hitting the spectacular 90km bike ride with lots of climbs and swift, technical decents. The 21.1km run leads the athletes through a four-loop rolling course […]